A practical joke sends ‘Wolf of Shenfield’ back to the hospital

Robin Clark, a hard-partying London broker, got shot in the thigh last month by a balaclava-wearing assailant outside the train station. Then he finally made it back to work and promptly ended up in the hospital again.

That’s because, as the British tabloids tell it, Clark’s co-workers at RP Martin donned knit caps, sneaked up behind him and shouted, “Bang.” A startled Clark slipped and reopened his leg wound.

The British papers have dubbed Clark, 44, the “Wolf of Shenfield,” referring to the ritzy London suburb, and posted pictures of him hanging around with models and Formula One racers.

The gunman is still a mystery, and Clark says he doesn’t know why anyone would want to shoot him. The British media say he has run into debt problems and has even sold a couple of Porsches. Sad, we know.

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